![Institution des Invalides de la Legion Etrangère à Puyloubier Master corporal Sapper,3rd REI,parade dressing w/axe and white apron Stock Photo - Alamy Institution des Invalides de la Legion Etrangère à Puyloubier Master corporal Sapper,3rd REI,parade dressing w/axe and white apron Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/RE267J/institution-des-invalides-de-la-legion-etrangre-puyloubier-master-corporal-sapper3rd-reiparade-dressing-waxe-and-white-apron-RE267J.jpg)
Institution des Invalides de la Legion Etrangère à Puyloubier Master corporal Sapper,3rd REI,parade dressing w/axe and white apron Stock Photo - Alamy
BayerischeStaatsoper on Twitter: "Yes, those axe-swinging guys are for real: They are based on parade uniforms of the French Foreign Legion pioneers #BSOsemiramide https://t.co/v9frZ2qFbm" / Twitter
![Tom Antonov on Twitter: "They wear the leather apron and the axe in memory of the old regiments in charge of carrying out the sapping operations during sieges. The wearing of a Tom Antonov on Twitter: "They wear the leather apron and the axe in memory of the old regiments in charge of carrying out the sapping operations during sieges. The wearing of a](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E6AkSmXXIAIDpj5.jpg)
Tom Antonov on Twitter: "They wear the leather apron and the axe in memory of the old regiments in charge of carrying out the sapping operations during sieges. The wearing of a
![Pioneers of the Foreign Legion, with beard, ax, and traditional leather apron 451 x 300 : r/MilitaryPorn Pioneers of the Foreign Legion, with beard, ax, and traditional leather apron 451 x 300 : r/MilitaryPorn](https://i.redd.it/imnwm6n2cub81.jpg)
Pioneers of the Foreign Legion, with beard, ax, and traditional leather apron 451 x 300 : r/MilitaryPorn
![French Foreign Legion Pioneers are a traditional company of the FFL and they wear buffalo leather aprons and axes, as they used to before. Were they butchers before, why were aprons needed, French Foreign Legion Pioneers are a traditional company of the FFL and they wear buffalo leather aprons and axes, as they used to before. Were they butchers before, why were aprons needed,](https://preview.redd.it/uheub0p2wvy61.jpg?auto=webp&s=ff3c08e49e5f245ff074920f14def0bb0db7eddf)